JUGS #155 - Photo Inspiration Challenge

Just Us Girls (JUGS) has a weekly challenge, with a different theme each week of the month.  This week's challenge is a "photo inspiration" challenge. 

I'm also submitting these to the Hero Arts challenge to help Operation Write Home get "love" themed cards for Heroes to send home.

My blue and red look a little brighter in the photos than in real life.  In person the papers actually look much more like the colors in the JUGS photo.  I picked the papers and, as I played around with the design, came up with two cards (so as not to waste paper, of course!).  Which version do you like better?

CASEing Theresa Momber STVFRICT23

The current Stamp TV Friday Free-for-All Challenge is to CASE (Copy And Share Everything) the Design Team member, Theresa Momber. The rules are that you have to change two or more features (color, image, etc.) 

I chose "Thoughtful-Blue" from Theresa's gallery, and changed the color from blue to green, the image from flowers to tree, and a slightly different sentiment. I was going for a "masculine card" look here.

Birthday Mouse Card

These little critters are all from one stamp set (I think it is by Penny Black).  I wanted to use a group of them, but they are all different sizes and shapes.  Not sure if it works.  The images are colored with Copic markers, and the background was simply done with an embossing folder - no ink this time.  My granddaughter liked this one because of the cute mice.

Friends are Treasures

I had some 5x7 cards to use up, so I made a set of these thinking of you / friendship cards.  For the embossed background, I inked a Cuttlebug embossing folder with Antique Linen Distress Ink before putting in the paper and running it thru the Big Shot.  I wanted a "mat" for the Thinking of you sentiment, but didn't have a scalloped oval that graduated up from the Stampin' Up scalloped oval punch.  So I used that punch and cut the oval in the middle, to add the pieces behind the sentiment.  The scalloped oval pieces didn't provide full background, so that's why the sentiment mat overlaps the mat for the little girl image.

Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #27

Doodle Pantry makes tons of great digital images for card-makers.  Their challenge this month is to use a Doodle Pantry image (not too hard)!  Here's a dino-mite card I started in June, but never got around to finishing it until now.

Here's the link if you'd like to see cards other folks made: 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/doodle-pantry-digital-challenge-27.html

(P.S.  Can you tell what day I get to "play" most?  LOL!)